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deviling

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For this event, the devil was in the details, which were incredibly challenging to pin down, as we explained in our forecasts.

Officially, the feds still consider the devil’s weed a dangerous drug, but there’s been a softening of attitudes.

During the Mad Men-esque meeting of the housewives to prepare for the talent show in Episode 2, the Queen Bee of the group quips, “the devil is in the details.”

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She is even told by her neighbor and mentor, a witch named Agatha Harkness, that her children aren’t real but rather an illusion conjured by a combination of her own powers and those of Maphisto, the devil of the Marvel Universe.

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And that gets in the way of any international solutions to the problems deviling the region.

"He's deviling me all the time," Meldrum complained to the owner of the horse ranch.

"There's a h—l's mint of deviling, tormenting rebel cavalry out there beyond the hills," they called out to the regiment.

I got back to the Toban and found slander accusing me of sporting in the city, deviling around with liquor and women.

You've been deviling me for that five hundred dollars till I'm sick of listening to you.

As for this deviling, we will do our best to satisfy him, according to our means.

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On this page you'll find 24 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to deviling, such as: brat, demon, devil, elf, fiend, and gamin.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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